Three sound compositions  (2008, 2009, 2011) by sound artist Yannick Dauby, based on field recordings of Taipei city and its surroundings.  Inspired by the Ghost Festival and the ambiences of Summertime, by the evolution and modernity of the urban environment, by the now extinct plain aborigines who once lived in the Taipei basin, these works are reflecting three ways of listening the urban soundscape of Taiwan’s capital.

法國聲音藝術工作者Yannick Dauby 定居台北地區數年來, 持續以台北市及其周邊環境錄音為創作素材。受到歐洲藝術節慶的邀請創作或於電台播出, 在2008、2009、2011年間創作了三個聲音編曲作品。其作品靈感分別來自於：鬼月- 農曆七月的夏日氛圍; 台北二零三零- 關於台北都會環境發展的近未來想像; 凱達格蘭- 對於曾經生活在台北盆地, 如今已然消失的平埔族原住民族群的聲音遙想。
透過這三個作品, Yannick 提出關於聆聽這座首都城市聲音風景的三種不同體會與角度。
因為一座城市, 需要一再被想像與聆聽：台北聽三遍。

Produced by Kalerne Editions and published by Atelier Hui-Kan in Taiwan, December 2011.
Kalerne Editions 製作, 回看工作室出版, 2011年12月

Read more about this CD on Kalerne.net

>> available now on kalerne.net/shop <<

05.10.2011 & 06.10.2011

Outdoor listening exercises around Dingxi : a sound recording while moving, a sound score, a sound map.

1. a busy street

(mp3) audio recording : 111005-1.mp3

2. inside the metro station

(mp3) audio recording : 111005-2.mp3

3. near the market

(mp3) audio recording : 111005-3.mp3

Next two sessions : only discussions about the projects of the participants to the workshop. Bring your material and questions.

(mp3) recorded by Sara - 1

我在操作一台公園裡的滑步機(運動器材)
只有這台發出這種聲音

(mp3) recorded by Sara - 2

阿嬤帶孫子們出來玩
其中阿嬤與孫子的對話

(mp3) recorded by Daliet - 1

2007.07.05. 雨聲+垃圾車聲

22/09/2011 : Fourth session of the workshop at Small Idea Bookshop, in Yonghe, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

We listened to the works of Bernard Fort, extracted from his CD “Compositions Ornithologiques“.
And inevitably we discussed about Jakob Von Uexküll and his Umwelt concept.

Then we discussed about personal projects of the participants and listened to some sound recordings made in Zhonghe/Yonghe. Soon (well, let’s hope), this post will be updated with extracts and informations about these recordings.

September-October 2011 : Workshop in Yonghe, Taipei @ Small Idea Bookshop

台北好居城市未來觀

以「好居城市」作為想像的起點,思考台北未來城市的樣貌,結合網路論壇、真實 的體驗、座談及工作坊,探究以人為本的都會生活居住價值。
台北未來城市生活的想像與實踐需要市民與管理者的共同參與,特別邀請各界人士 分別提出6個想法, 以2030年為時間標的, 為網路論壇打開「好居台北」的各個面向 ,透過各種思考激盪探索未來。
由都市酵母策劃執行(http://www.cityyeast.com), 台北都更處主辦。

所有議題網頁:

http://www.cityyeast.com/passion_list.php?newstype_id2=52

Living-Tomorrow.pdf

Atelier Hui-Kan participated to a kind of “think tank”…

“Living Tomorrow, Taipei 2011 forum” was organized by City Yeast.
We were asked to propose a few ideas for the future of Taipei.

Here are our propositions (in Chinese) : Living-Tomorrow.pdf

Here is the website of the project : http://www.cityyeast.com

End of the project ! Map+CD are available ! Contact us if you are interested.

It has been a very long time we could spare some time for recording the songs of the Frogs of Taiwan. So far we have only 21 species documented amongst the 32… But last Saturday (09.10.2010) we could get the Rana sauteri’s sounds. We joined a group of volunteers for rescuing this endangered specie which most recent scientific name is Pseudoamolops sauteri梭德氏赤蛙 (Boulenger, 1909) and in Chinese . This is currently their breeding season, so the frogs are migrating to the river where they gather to sing. Unfortunately bloody stupid government ingieneers built concrete walls that the animals can’t cross. So all amphibians finish their life under the wheels of passing cars. Fortunately some environment and nature lovers organize events to rescue them by watching the road area, catching the frogs and bringing them to the river. After the rescue, we could record the delicate sounds of their calls which are usually difficult to hear since the river environment is noisy  because of water streams.
Link : 新竹大山背 http://sowhc.sow.org.tw/html/article/990915b/99015b.htm 

On that night (13.09.2010), Dagun was guiding us on a old path. Ten years before he was spending a lot of time here. Nowadays, since he works in Taipei, he can’t come often. That night, we hoped to record night animals, but the only one which appeared was silent and deadly, a Green Bamboo Viper 青竹絲.
Finally we ended our walk with a short ritual for thanking the ancestors for that safe trip, a few words in Atayal and drops of alcohol on the floor. Suddenly a high-pitch call just nearby, Dagun jumped and we were all excited to see a White-faced Flying Squirrel (Petaurista alborufus lena). Its name is Yabi in Atayal. This beautiful animal stayed long time very close to us, sometimes climbing even closer. Here are the only pictures we could get with our inappropriate equipment.

Some pictures took on a old path (千段崎) in Nán-Kēng (南坑), Beipu (北埔), Hsinchu County (新竹縣).

Atelier Hui-Kan and the villagers of this community have a project to realize a map of this area. The path is 100 years old, it was covered by more than 1000 stones and led to fields and old houses. People left the traditional houses and fields, many stones were stolen, and some part of the path disappeared. This day, 29.08.2010, a friend (Feishu) helped us opening the track and we found back a section of the forgotten path. Recent activities concerning this project include imagining some names for two anonymous rivers, making stamps and papercuts for the design of the map, collecting sounds and images of the nature and of the traditional activities which relates to the daily life of this area…

The complete gallery is here.

(Feishu open the track and found the stones)

(old bowl found near the ruins of a house)

(old temple of Tu Di Gong in the forest)

(nature around the path is more than interesting !)